The problem is—the problem has always been—that feminism is not fun,” Zeisler declares. “It’s not supposed to be fun. It’s complex and hard and it pisses people off. It’s serious because it is about people demanding that their humanity be recognized as valuable. The root issues that feminism confronts—wage inequality, gendered divisions of labor, institutional racism and sexism, structural violence and, of course, bodily autonomy—are deeply unsexy.

We Sold Feminism to the Masses, and Now It Means Nothing

At its most basic level, all of this emotional labour is saying to another human being “you matter. I will take my time to show you that you matter.” And maintaining that glue is something that devolves mainly onto women, 24 hours a day. It feels like most men are taught (ex- or implicitly) to do emotional work only when it gets them something they want now, whereas most women are taught to do emotional work as part of an ongoing exchange that benefits everyone.

Emotional Labor: The MetaFilter Thread Condensed (via anti-capitalistlesbianwitch)

zanabism:

so weird that women are termed the manipulative ones or like “masters of guile” etc when all i’ve ever witnessed is men lying to get what they want, men threatening people to get what they want, men temporarily shifting morals just long enough to get what they want. i’m not saying women aren’t manipulative obviously it’s just a characteristic, but realistically the manipulation by men is not only encouraged by their peers, but it’s weighted with their privilege and thus more dangerous

babyzuko:

The deeply worrying thing about catcalling is that the catcaller must know that their target isn’t going to turn around and fall in to their arms pleading ‘oh dear my please have sex with me here and now’. A lot of the time they know that. Often they don’t do it for that, someone who shouts ‘nice tits’ from a van isn’t trying to date you. They’re trying to humiliate you, reinforce their dominance over you; it’s an exercise of male power. It’s a way of communicating ‘I can say and do whatever I want to you, no matter how inappropriate or how uncomfortable it makes you feel, and you can’t do anything about it.’ Catcalling is not a compliment, it’s a threat.

humblekitten:

Men will call any emotion they don’t want you to have, or that makes them uncomfortable, an “over reaction”.

Don’t listen, you are allowed to feel your feelings and to sort them out in your own time.

Feminist Street Art of Cairo

child-of-the-univerrse:

“Women’s uprising in the Arab world.”

“A girl is just like a boy.”

Nefertiti (wife of Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten) wears a gas mask as a symbol of women’s involvement in the revolution.

“Justice.”

“No to harassment.”

“Fear us, government!”

“Don’t label me.”

“You can’t break me down.”

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blondesouths:

Women of Color + Feminism

msnbc:

It was a “dream” come true for women in Saudi Arabia!

History was made in Saudi Arabia this week when two women registered to vote for the first time.

Photo by Stringer/Reuters

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I call it feminism instead of equality because it is the feminine traits that men and women are shamed for. It is the feminine traits that society needs to accept.

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